Abstract:
A transceiver comprising a transmit section and a frame formatter. The transmit section is configured to operate in a first mode and a second mode and transmit frames of data in the first mode and the second mode. The frame formatter is configured to operate in the first mode and the second mode. While operating in the first mode, the frame formatter is configured to generate a first frame of data in a first format, and the transmit section is configured to transmit a single set of long training symbols prior to transmitting the first frame of data. While operating in the second mode, the frame formatter is configured to generate a second frame of data in a second format, and the transmit section is configured to transmit a plurality of sets of long training symbols prior to transmitting the second frame of data.
Abstract:
A channel estimator for a wireless network receiver. The channel estimator includes a plurality of first circuits, each of the plurality of first circuits configured to multiply a respective channel estimate by a corresponding frequency domain signal, wherein the channel estimates correspond to an orthogonal frequency division multiplexing signal received by the wireless network receiver. A second circuit is configured to output a sum of results of multiplying the respective channel estimates by the corresponding frequency domain signals. A third circuit is configured to calculate, based on the sum, a correction factor, wherein the correction factor corresponds to a complex number representation of the respective channel estimates. A fourth circuit is configured to output, based on the correction factor and a previously calculated channel estimate, an updated channel estimate corresponding to the orthogonal frequency division multiplexing signal received by the wireless network receiver.
Abstract:
A method for updating channel estimates in an orthogonal frequency division multiplexing receiver of a wireless local area network includes generating channel estimates for an orthogonal frequency division multiplexing subcarrier as a function of subcarrier index values. The method includes generating a complex number by summing a product of frequency domain signals and the channel estimates for each of the subcarrier index values and dividing the sum by a sum of a squared absolute value of the channel estimate for each of the subcarrier index values. The method includes multiplying the complex number by the channel estimates to generate updated channel estimates.